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FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 



CHICORY 



Code Word 



Large Rooted or Coffee cowet 



Roots mature in -1 — 5 months. Dried roots used as substitute for 

 and adulterant of coffee. Roots 12 — 14 in. long, 2}4 in. thick at 

 top; tapered. 



Small Rooted or Radlchetta cowpex 



Fast growing annual: grown for tops which are used for greens: 

 tender flower shoots also used. 



Witloof or French Endive cowley 



One of the best and most attractive of salad vegetables; grown 

 largely by market gardeners and shippers. The carefully trimmed 

 roots when buried upright in damp sand and given the proper 

 conditions each produce a handsome compact cluster 4 — o in. 

 long of blanched leaves which are tender and have a rich, mildly 

 acrid flavor. 



CHIVES 



Code Word 



Allium Schoenoprasum cowlitz 



Small perennial of the onion family: readily propagated from 

 seeds; leaves used in salads and for flavoring soups and stews; 

 flowering plant is decorative. 



COLLARDS 



Code Word 



Georgia, Southern or Creole tr am. 



Xon-heading form of the cabbage family very generally grown 

 for greens in home and market gardens in the South. Plant 2 — 3 

 feet tall, erect, spreading, and with numerous large leaves; 

 forms at the top a loose cluster or head of tender leaves. 



1 lb. 



10 lbs. 



or more 



or more 



per lb, 



per lb. 



SI. 25 



SI. 00 



1.2/ 



1.2o 



1 oz. 



S0.7o 



1 lb. 

 or more 

 per lb. 



S0.(>0 



l.li 



1.15 



S2.50 



10 lbs. 

 or more 

 per lb. 



SO. 55 



CORN 



(Shelled) 



The very important character of earhness is given the attention it merits at our seed breeding 

 stations and trial gardens. The number of days required for each varietj' of corn to produce ears fit 

 for table is indicated below. This information is the residt of many years observation of these varieties 

 at our Oakview Experimental Gardens near Detroit where corn is planted early in ^lay. Under very 

 favorable circumstances Alpha, which is the standard of earhness, produces table ears in 71 days. 

 We put in trial all promising novelties and, regardless of claims made, we have found nothing earlier 

 than Alpha. Rather than use the minimum days required we have used the average of many seasons 

 for each variety. We have described the ears at table stage. 



SWEET OR TABLE VARIETIES 



Code Word 



Alameda Sweet comeda 



95 days. The standard market variety used in California and the 

 most reliable for chmatic conditions there: developed by selection 

 by the market gardeners in Alameda County, Cahfornia, from 

 Eaiiy Mammoth, but has been bred up and improved by us. 

 Plants short and stocky with large dark green leaves: ears 10 to 

 14 rowed, snowy white, of excellent qualit}' and covered with a 

 strong husk. 



ALPHA CRAVEX 



76 days. The earhest sweet corn; a money-maker for early market. 

 Plants 4 feet tall. Ears attractive; 6 — 7 in. long; 8 rowed; very 

 uniform. Kernels white, plump, sweet and tender. 



Black Mexican dark 



1 lb. 



10 lbs. 



500 lbs. 



or more 



or more 



or more 



per lb. 



per lb. 



per lb. 



SO. IS 



S0.15 



S0.14 



.18 



,15 



,14 



,14 



.13 



tall. Ears 8 — 9 in. long; S rowed: very uniform. Kernels clear 

 white at table stage; tender and of a rich sweet flavor; become 

 uniform blue-black when ripe. 



